move back

/muv bæk/

/muv bæk/

Other forms: moved back; moving back; moves back

Definitions of move back

1. verb

   pull back or move away or backward
   synonyms: draw back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw

   back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw

   make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

   types:

   fall back

   move back and away from

   retreat, retrograde

   move back

   back down, back off, back up

   move backwards from a certain position

   ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out

   flow back or recede

   type of:

   go, locomote, move, travel

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically